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kevin ricks may have been molesting kids not just here in the u.s. but as far away as japan. >> reporter: he entered a guilty plea for molesting a 16-year-old manassas boy. prosecutors dropped the other three charges in this case. other than that, ricks didn't have much to say in the courtroom, but a mountain of evidence uncovered by detectives spoke volumes about this man's past. kevin ricks showed little, if any, emotion as he entered his guilty plea in court to molesting a student. ricks was a teacher at osborn high school in manassas until earlier this year. commonwealth attorney paul ebert said he had a way of befriending not only his victims but also their families. >> he was cunning and smart. he endeared himself to people. a lot of people could not believe he would do such a thing. >> reporter: in manassas city police detectives testified in court about the incident that eventually led to ricks' arrest. the 16-year-old victim told police about two encounters with ricks over a christmas break from school in 2009 telling police that on one occa
kevin ricks may have been molesting kids not just here in the u.s. but as far away as japan. >> reporter: he entered a guilty plea for molesting a 16-year-old manassas boy. prosecutors dropped the other three charges in this case. other than that, ricks didn't have much to say in the courtroom, but a mountain of evidence uncovered by detectives spoke volumes about this man's past. kevin ricks showed little, if any, emotion as he entered his guilty plea in court to molesting a student....
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the u.s. food and drug admission is currently studying bpa. the agency says it has some concerns about toxic effects on unborn babies and children and supports efforts to reduce contact with the chemical. >> when the consumer becomes aware, retailers will change their mind. >> reporter: not every retailer uses bpa coated paper. ewg hopes the others will do the same. melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >> thank you. >>> safeway tells fox 5, the company is weighing the various studies and getting information from its paper supplier. the fda is expected to make a decision on bpa sometime in 2012. >>> the road to a hopeful spot minister super bowl starts today. coming up at 6:00, dave ross will join us live from redskin park with effect we need to know about the burgundy and gold -- with everything we need to know about the burgundy and gold. >>> coming up at 8:00, thousand save your trees, shrubs and plants from storm damage as another system is approaching. that is coming up in our garden grow segment. >>> we are always repined to slap on the sunscreen
the u.s. food and drug admission is currently studying bpa. the agency says it has some concerns about toxic effects on unborn babies and children and supports efforts to reduce contact with the chemical. >> when the consumer becomes aware, retailers will change their mind. >> reporter: not every retailer uses bpa coated paper. ewg hopes the others will do the same. melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >> thank you. >>> safeway tells fox 5, the company is weighing the various...
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police say here they are counterfeit and brought back to the u.s. and used as real money. now police could not say where the two men tried to spend the money. detectives are hoping by putting this information out there, they can find stores that were scammed. >> roby chavez, thank you. once again the fake bills are actually pretty easy to spot as roby showed us. they have the spanish phrase printed in the upper left hand corner. >>> we have new details tonight about what happened the day this northern virginia teenager was murdered. 19-yard vanessa pham was found dead in her car more than two weeks ago on arlington road near williams drive. facebook filling in the blanks about what happened just minutes before her death. roz plater is in the newsroom with more on the new developments in this murder mystery. roz? >> reporter: will, vanessa pham's friends are as puzzled as everyone else about why she was killed. they have spent the day since her murder trying to retrace the steps. the surveillance tape shows her car entering the fairfax plaza center about 3:00 in the afterno
police say here they are counterfeit and brought back to the u.s. and used as real money. now police could not say where the two men tried to spend the money. detectives are hoping by putting this information out there, they can find stores that were scammed. >> roby chavez, thank you. once again the fake bills are actually pretty easy to spot as roby showed us. they have the spanish phrase printed in the upper left hand corner. >>> we have new details tonight about what happened...
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the u.s. attorneys confirms this person of interest is scheduled to go on trial in november and is being held without bond. >>> police are investigating the murder of a virginia man killed in oakland, california. he was in california if a job interview with google. police say he went to an oakland dentist for a cleaning sunday night. after his appointment, he and a dental hygienist were outside when two men held them up and he was shot to death. the dentist was not harmed. he was seen here with his wife. police and crime stoppers of oakland are covering a $0,000 reward for information to help solve this case. >>gang members and their soabt now off the streets and in custody. of those arrested, # 1 face immigration charges. only one. those arrested is an american citizen. -- 31 face immigration charges. only one of those arrested is an american citizen. >>> lindsay lohan on her way to jail today. that is not the only trouble making headline for the actress this morning. [ female announcer ] wel
the u.s. attorneys confirms this person of interest is scheduled to go on trial in november and is being held without bond. >>> police are investigating the murder of a virginia man killed in oakland, california. he was in california if a job interview with google. police say he went to an oakland dentist for a cleaning sunday night. after his appointment, he and a dental hygienist were outside when two men held them up and he was shot to death. the dentist was not harmed. he was seen...
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it is a varsity sport at only six colleges and universities in the u.s. one of those schools in connecticut is the defendant in a lawsuit. you see, in an effort to save money, they dropped several varsity sports including women's volleyball. federal law requires equality between male and female athletes so they replaced it with competitive cheer. the judge said that is not good enough. the judge wrote : >> it is true that you need somebody to enforce the law. >> reporter: nina is awe an attorney at the national women's law center. >> while schools want to cut costs and that is understandable and sometime sports or the chopping block, they can't cut costs on the back of women. >> at maryland, female agent lets get respect. >> in the weight room just like the female athletes. we have tutoring support services. we have sports medicine services. we have access for beautiful facilities and everything that we need to compete and compete strong. >> reporter: this judge looked at things like who the competitive cheer squads were competing against and how they rec
it is a varsity sport at only six colleges and universities in the u.s. one of those schools in connecticut is the defendant in a lawsuit. you see, in an effort to save money, they dropped several varsity sports including women's volleyball. federal law requires equality between male and female athletes so they replaced it with competitive cheer. the judge said that is not good enough. the judge wrote : >> it is true that you need somebody to enforce the law. >> reporter: nina is...
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. >> the visit by the two top u.s. officials is to show support for south korea after the sinking of the naval ship this year that was plamed -- blamed on the north. >>> the prime minister of britain said there will be no new investigation of the decision to release the lockerbie bomber. he said he is a mass murder you are and said scotland made a mistake when it decided to release the terrorist. but the oil company did admit it asked for a prisoner transfer agreement. >> the role of bp and any lobbying they might have done is an issue for bp and an issue they should complain -- explain themselves. but the decision for release was a decision made by the scottish government and i haven't seen anything to suggest that the scottish government were in any way swayed by bp. >> the simple answer is we should have all of the facts, they should be laid out there and i have confidence that prime minister cameron's government will be cooperative in making sure the facts are there. >> the bomber was convicted of the 1988 downing
. >> the visit by the two top u.s. officials is to show support for south korea after the sinking of the naval ship this year that was plamed -- blamed on the north. >>> the prime minister of britain said there will be no new investigation of the decision to release the lockerbie bomber. he said he is a mass murder you are and said scotland made a mistake when it decided to release the terrorist. but the oil company did admit it asked for a prisoner transfer agreement. >>...
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i don't want nobody to go through this, any u.s. citizen to go through what i went through. >> he has to pay a nearly $1,500 hotel bill he racked up in egypt while he was waiting to go home. >>> elena kagan is facing the first vote on her nomination to the supreme court later today. and there is one big question. we'll have an update to that next. >>> a big drug bust in maryland. here is some of what police say they found. >>> a woman charged with killing her own father. we'll have detail coming up next. you are watching fox 5 morning news. ws. this doesn't have to be our future. not if the senate acts now on legislation to promote energy efficiency, biofuels, and renewable energy sources. let's make america more energy independent, protect our environment, and create millions of new jobs right here at home - instead of losing those jobs to other countries. if you want to change america's energy future, call your senators and tell them to support clean energy legislation now. >>> a northern virginia woman is accused of murdering her
i don't want nobody to go through this, any u.s. citizen to go through what i went through. >> he has to pay a nearly $1,500 hotel bill he racked up in egypt while he was waiting to go home. >>> elena kagan is facing the first vote on her nomination to the supreme court later today. and there is one big question. we'll have an update to that next. >>> a big drug bust in maryland. here is some of what police say they found. >>> a woman charged with killing her...
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. >> this is a six pound cannon ball, a solid shot cannon ball and u.s. belt burqales. breastplates with the eagle on it. >> these are union? >> these are all union artifacts. only one is this one here which is a confederate button here. the town of poolesville was occupied by the union army very early in the war. and one thing that set up this area to be pro-south was because of the location with the river, the c&o canal and this was all agricultural farming area. >> it was such a rich history of the c&o canal there as far as trade goes and you could move supplies up and down the river. all of that changed with the advent of the railroad up in baltimore. but when it comes to why poolesville played such a rich and important role during the civil war, you would automatically think this had to be a run town. >> wrong. mainly the bend in the river. the river very the potomac river takes a bend and in that bend, there is four, five crossings. >> right. >> so everybody here was connected to liesburg and the south and with trade and all that type of things so the union very e
. >> this is a six pound cannon ball, a solid shot cannon ball and u.s. belt burqales. breastplates with the eagle on it. >> these are union? >> these are all union artifacts. only one is this one here which is a confederate button here. the town of poolesville was occupied by the union army very early in the war. and one thing that set up this area to be pro-south was because of the location with the river, the c&o canal and this was all agricultural farming area....
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europe, mostly in canada, u.s. and egypt as well. this is one of many sales to come here, gurvir, as bp starts to continue to shed assets. >> we'll be watching what happens there and also watching more on ben bernanke. we'll talk more about that tomorrow. thank you. >>> coming up income we'll have more on a big change in effect today that may change the way you drive through four busy intersections. >>> also aheads, two mothers, two daughters, all four of them murdered in cases with striking similarities. enough to lead police to think that oneperson may be responsible and that person may be a serial killer. we'll have more on that. [ male announcer ] the new subway $2.50 breakfast combo! best deal this side of sunrise, so come in and we'll make yours! get a western egg white muffin melt and a 16-ounce cup of freshly brewed seattle's best coffee. just $2.50. build your better breakfast today at subway! so it should comecer ] subway isas no surprisesh. that we serve up iced tea that's fresh brewed daily. thirst-quenching fuze
europe, mostly in canada, u.s. and egypt as well. this is one of many sales to come here, gurvir, as bp starts to continue to shed assets. >> we'll be watching what happens there and also watching more on ben bernanke. we'll talk more about that tomorrow. thank you. >>> coming up income we'll have more on a big change in effect today that may change the way you drive through four busy intersections. >>> also aheads, two mothers, two daughters, all four of them murdered...
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temperatures across the country, well you know here in the eastern u.s. it is warm. out into the central plains we're seeing temperatures in the low 70s and 80s there as well and it's warm to mild across the western united states. 70 degrees right now in albuquerque and we are looking at a temperature of 66 degrees in denver. you're satellite radar for the nation, we don't have active weather here. there are a couple of clouds, that's about it. we expect to be precipitation- free today. there is some precipitation again this morning moving across the midwest. here is your forecast for today and the next five days. today warm and -- not warm, hot. not as humid. tomorrow dry and 97 degrees. saturday we will likely set a new record for the day. the record high for saturday is 96 degrees, which to be honest is a little low. so we'll set a new record on saturday. sunday 95 with some thunderstorms possible. and it's still warm. but cooler, relatively speaking, as we head into the next workweek. that's the latest. >> that's good news. all right, tony, thank you. >>> let's c
temperatures across the country, well you know here in the eastern u.s. it is warm. out into the central plains we're seeing temperatures in the low 70s and 80s there as well and it's warm to mild across the western united states. 70 degrees right now in albuquerque and we are looking at a temperature of 66 degrees in denver. you're satellite radar for the nation, we don't have active weather here. there are a couple of clouds, that's about it. we expect to be precipitation- free today. there...
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u.s. marshals say district judge susan bolton has received thousands of phone calls and e- mails since she handed down her decision on wednesday. and even though bolton put the most controversial parts of the law on hold, hundreds came out to protest in phoenix against the law. police arrested about 50 people there. >>> lawyers for new york congressman charles rang el have reportedly reached a plea deal in his ethics case. rang el is accused of 1 ethics violations ranging from failing to disclose more than $600,000 on financial forms to failing to declare rental income on a villa he owns in the dominican republic. sources say rang el's reps and the lawyers for the houses committee investigating him northed some kind of teal but no word on the details. >>> look at this pole full of signs on k street. it's lot taller than i am, one, two, three, four, five signs and the folk would park around here say it is getting a little confusing. >>> showers and thunderstorms out of here. we are in for a
u.s. marshals say district judge susan bolton has received thousands of phone calls and e- mails since she handed down her decision on wednesday. and even though bolton put the most controversial parts of the law on hold, hundreds came out to protest in phoenix against the law. police arrested about 50 people there. >>> lawyers for new york congressman charles rang el have reportedly reached a plea deal in his ethics case. rang el is accused of 1 ethics violations ranging from failing...
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. >>> this month is now the deadliest on record for u.s. forces in the nearly nine-year- long war in afghanistan. three service members were killed on thursday in two separate blasts in afghanistan. that brings the total number of u.s. military killed this july to 63. there could be thousands more mislibrariled graves at arlington national cemetery than first thought. in early june, a report found there were at least 200 graves with the wrong headstones. a septa investigation found there could be more than # thousand. john hetst ler just stepped down as he takes full responsibility for the mistake. -- there could be thousands more mislabeled graves at arlington national recommend trithan first thought. >>> it looks like we are seeing a little bit of the rocket garden that holly morris told us about. we'll have more of that when we one. stay with us. >>> back with the top stories. the red lines is back to normal. the metro train was stuck under the silver spring overpass with passengers trapped inside for three hours. pepco and metro investi
. >>> this month is now the deadliest on record for u.s. forces in the nearly nine-year- long war in afghanistan. three service members were killed on thursday in two separate blasts in afghanistan. that brings the total number of u.s. military killed this july to 63. there could be thousands more mislibrariled graves at arlington national cemetery than first thought. in early june, a report found there were at least 200 graves with the wrong headstones. a septa...
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. >> reporter: after being cleared by u.s. officials, he was allowed to fly home. he said he's not angry but thinks people who are wrong my placed on no-fly list need a faster way to clear their name. >> i think it should be faster process into figuring out, this guy is okay, instead of having people wait for months on end. >> reporter: but the bottom line he said is he's glad to be back at his own home even if it's two months overdue. >> i'm happy to be back home. >> reporter: tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >> even though he was cleared, he is facing the hotel bill that he racked up waiting to be allowed to fly back alone and the u.s. government said he owes them $1,500 and he won't get a passport until he settles the bill. >>> american intelligence pay be too business. questions being raised about the size of the intelligence community. the white house said we need intelligence checking each other and some say that is too much. >> when you have two agencies doing the same sort of thing, they can't take advantage of it. >> you want the 9/11 commission -- the 9/11 com
. >> reporter: after being cleared by u.s. officials, he was allowed to fly home. he said he's not angry but thinks people who are wrong my placed on no-fly list need a faster way to clear their name. >> i think it should be faster process into figuring out, this guy is okay, instead of having people wait for months on end. >> reporter: but the bottom line he said is he's glad to be back at his own home even if it's two months overdue. >> i'm happy to be back home....